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FAAM Airborne Laboratory shares live data for more accurate weather forecasting
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory now has the capability to share live weather data as it flies, directly to the Met Office for use in weather forecasting. Our research aircraft collects an abundance of environmental data and carries enough instrumentation to measure up to...
Mapping our research aircraft’s boundary layer
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory commissioned BAE Systems, as part of the research aircraft facility’s Mid-Life Upgrade programme, to complete a Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis project. The project provides the facility with a visualisation of the research...
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Gas-phase urea detected in the air for the first time using the FAAM Airborne Laboratory
Scientists from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and University of Manchester have made the first observations of gas-phase urea in the atmosphere, using the FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s research aircraft. The new research, published in Proceedings of the...
Met Office sets out to improve summer storm predictions with the FAAM Airborne Laboratory
Researchers from the Met Office have embarked on a flight campaign with the FAAM Airborne Laboratory, to study convective clouds over the south of the UK and the processes that lead to summertime storms. The Wessex Convection Experiment, also known as WesCon, is...
Have your say on our engineering services
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory's Mid-Life Upgrade team are currently looking into developing an Engineering Facility (managed by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science) that would provide a variety of engineering-related services to its users*. In order to better...
Applications open for development projects
The MLU team is hosting a webinar on Monday 15th May at 1pm to offer more information to those putting forward their ideas, and to answer any questions about the application process. Join the webinar via Zoom. The Mid-Life Upgrade programme is now accepting...
Sustainable ground power and towing equipment for our research aircraft
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory has invested in an electric-powered ground power unit and aircraft tug, in a significant move towards reducing carbon emissions from the research facility’s operation. The FAAM Airborne Laboratory’s research aircraft, a specially adapted...
FAAM Airborne Laboratory flies with sustainable aviation fuel
The FAAM Airborne Laboratory, which operates a specially adapted BAE-146 aircraft* fitted with scientific instruments, has used a blend of sustainable aviation fuel for the first time this week on a routine crew training flight in the south of England. ...
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